Australian State & Territory Population
ⓘ ABS ERP — 2025 Q4.
Counters tick forward proportioned by each state’s share of national growth.
Cache: 18 Aug 2026 06:13 AEST.
Note: State totals reflect the latest quarterly ERP and will differ from the
national live counter, which projects forward to today. State breakdowns are updated quarterly by the ABS.
Live Population Counters — Total: 27,795,993
Ticking forward from latest ABS quarterly ERP, proportioned by state share of national growth.
NSW
New South Wales
8,641,085
🏛 Sydney
VIC
Victoria
7,121,913
🏛 Melbourne
QLD
Queensland
5,712,124
🏛 Brisbane
WA
Western Australia
3,076,528
🏛 Perth
SA
South Australia
1,910,553
🏛 Adelaide
TAS
Tasmania
579,110
🏛 Hobart
ACT
Australian Capital Territory
487,202
🏛 Canberra
NT
Northern Territory
267,478
🏛 Darwin
Population by State
Horizontal bar chart ranked by population. Bar length relative to most populous state.
Share of Australian Total
Each segment shows a state or territory’s proportion of the total Australian population.
State & Territory Data
Ranked by population. Density = persons per km².
| State | Population | Density | Share |
|---|
| NSW |
8,641,085 |
10.79 |
31.1% |
| VIC |
7,121,913 |
31.32 |
25.6% |
| QLD |
5,712,124 |
3.30 |
20.6% |
| WA |
3,076,528 |
1.22 |
11.1% |
| SA |
1,910,553 |
1.94 |
6.9% |
| TAS |
579,110 |
8.47 |
2.1% |
| ACT |
487,202 |
206.62 |
1.8% |
| NT |
267,478 |
0.20 |
1.0% |
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